Good, sound choice. Heís had enough assistant experience in a wide variety of other schoolís programs to be well prepared. This should retain most of the recruits in the pipeline as well. It will be very interesting to see how the rest of the staff fills out.

Will most likely renew yeah. My annual debate of weather to renew or not is more because season tix have been a bad investment for me for quite a few years. (With other life commitments / kids activities etc etc I end up going to about half the games, and donít even use all my tickets for the games I do go to). Combine that with that the games never sell out etc, it would truly be smarter for me to just buy individual tickets for the games I go to. At this point I largely view my tickets as a donation to the school.

A hire with zero sentimental value (like Bennet) may have been enough to finally cut the cord.

That being said, Iím psyched for the hire and hope he keeps the momentum going.

Good for Albie. Hope it works out for him. As for Jerry Keefe why the hell would Mad Dog ever let him go? If the rumors are true that he runs things at Northeastern and is really the one in charge then Northeastern will have to pay up to keep him. No way Madigan lets Keefe go to BU of all places.

Good for Albie. Hope it works out for him. As for Jerry Keefe why the hell would Mad Dog ever let him go? If the rumors are true that he runs things at Northeastern and is really the one in charge then Northeastern will have to pay up to keep him. No way Madigan lets Keefe go to BU of all places.

Not sure how close Albie and Keefe are but if as reported they are great friends thats a plus. Add in probably a higher salary and a higher visibility hockey program and that may be things that Keefe would look at. Like it or not coaching at BU is moving up the chart compared to NU.

Not sure how close Albie and Keefe are but if as reported they are great friends thats a plus. Add in probably a higher salary and a higher visibility hockey program and that may be things that Keefe would look at. Like it or not coaching at BU is moving up the chart compared to NU.

I would be ecstatic to have Keefe on the staff. It'd also be nice to have another "outsider" coach on the staff as well, especially one with an established relationship with Albie and has proven himself to be a fantastic top assistant.

I was formerly a tasty 7-11 beverage. Now I'm a fan of defunct hockey teams.

BU absolutely made the right choice. Albie is the right coach for both right now and long-term.

Hiring Bennett would've been a colossal risk for BU, one that I think would've been costly for BU in multiple ways -- buyout from existing contract, lost $$$$ from ticket sales & FOH donations, and Bennett being a flight risk from day 1 if the NHL or his alma mater came calling.

I also perceive that Bennett (or someone in his camp) has been going to his "friends" in the media to promote him. In recent days I've seen at least 4 prominent college hockey media folks "go to bat" for him on Twitter advocating him for the BU job. In the last 1-2 days, 2 of these writers -- both of whom mostly cover the ECAC for the same outlet -- have, IMO, pretty much revealed themselves as shills for Bennett. These 2 writers have been particularly critical towards the BU administration over the search/hiring process, using other BU candidates reportedly in the mix as examples as disguise for them promoting Bennett. One writer has also been patting himself on the back on Twitter for drawing the ire of the BU fan base.

I also learned that Union's President is stepping down; he's reportedly a huge supporter of the hockey program and I presume Bennett has a strong relationship with him. With that in mind, I speculate Bennett may have been using the BU opportunity to get his name out there by leveraging folks in the media whom he has a good rapport with to promote him. This is NOT the type of head coach I want at BU, nor anywhere for that matter.

In any event, I think BU is in very good hands with Albie and it'll be interesting to see how he rounds out his staff.

I also perceive that Bennett (or someone in his camp) has been going to his "friends" in the media to promote him. In recent days I've seen at least 4 prominent college hockey media folks "go to bat" for him on Twitter advocating him for the BU job. In the last 1-2 days, 2 of these writers -- both of whom mostly cover the ECAC for the same outlet -- have, IMO, pretty much revealed themselves as shills for Bennett. These 2 writers have been particularly critical towards the BU administration over the search/hiring process, using other BU candidates reportedly in the mix as examples as disguise for them promoting Bennett. One writer has also been patting himself on the back on Twitter for drawing the ire of the BU fan base.

I also learned that Union's President is stepping down; he's reportedly a huge supporter of the hockey program and I presume Bennett has a strong relationship with him. With that in mind, I speculate Bennett may have been using the BU opportunity to get his name out there by leveraging folks in the media whom he has a good rapport with to promote him. This is NOT the type of head coach I want at BU, nor anywhere for that matter.

THANK YOU for posting this. You articulated this better than I could. I was getting into a back and forth with them last night. It was so odd how upset Adam Wodon was getting, to the point where he blocked on person on Twitter after being kinda rude to him and complaining he was being attacked (which he wasn't and if he thinks THAT was being attacked, he's pretty new to this game). He was overly defensive. Both had issues with BU wanting someone who was a graduate and that all but left O'Connell as the only candidate and that they strung Bennett along. Which they did not. That's how it works in the real world. And if Bennett had issues with that process and then whined to certain people about it, then he absolutely was the wrong person for the job.